CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT

Genuent, one of Rochester’s leading Information Technology talent solutions firms, has been recognized as a 2017 TechServe Alliance Excellence Award recipient for being a top-performing firm in the Large Enterprise category. The award recognizes IT & engineering staffing and solutions firms that have demonstrated excellence through outstanding performance, team productivity, and dedication to continuous improvement.

“We are honored to receive this distinguished award and are proud of our entire team who have demonstrated such a clear commitment to excellence,” said Genuent President and CEO, Kip Wright. “At Genuent, we aim to exceed our clients’ expectations and deliver excellent service to our consultants, but we are equally as dedicated to investing in our own team. We strive to foster collaboration and enhance personnel productivity, all in an environment centered around integrity and respect. We are proud to have met the high standards necessary to earn this incredible honor.”

Genuent is one of only 13 large enterprise firms to receive this prestigious award. “TechServe Alliance Excellence Award winners exemplify the very best of our industry. They are committed to delivering world-class solutions to their clients and providing valuable career opportunities to IT and engineering professionals while far exceeding industry performance standards,” said Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance.

Freed Maxick CPAs is a Top 100 Accounting Firm in the United States and advises public and private companies in Western New York on ways to enhance profitability, save taxes, improve accountability and preserve wealth. With over 300 professional and administrative personnel, we specialize in helping our clients discover and achieve their bottom-line potential and provide sound business advice based upon our vast experience in a broad array of industry groups. Though we maintain relationships with external resources nationwide, we continue to maintain our independence and the ability to make decisions locally, and that’s something, as a firm, that we pride ourselves on.

At Freed, we have a dedicated risk management practice that provides enterprise risk management, internal audit, SOX compliance, SOC reporting, IT auditing, and cybersecurity services. As the business and not-for-profit world continue to face an accelerating rate of rapid change, boards and management are constantly facing new risks that threaten their success and causes them to require significant improvement in their security and risk management processes. There are increasing pressures to manage and control these risks to assure that the organization achieves its mission and objectives. Our risk management consultants tailor a customized, flexible approach for each client that’s based on the needs of the business; combining in-depth industry knowledge and a longstanding commitment to growing companies.

Our risk management team assists in the organization’s control deficiencies and other threats to their business goals, and then work together to remediate problems by focusing resources on critical areas of operations. Because we’re committed to helping companies succeed, we take a value-added approach to risk management – looking for opportunities to improve the organization’s productivity and performance, and suggesting improvements where appropriate.

What’s new?

We continue to grow our cybersecurity practice, along with our team of IT security professionals, who help organizations with cybersecurity issues by performing assessments on information security programs including current state readiness to combat against external and internal cybersecurity threats. This includes robust network vulnerability and penetration testing, which identifies existing vulnerabilities that may be exploited by cyber criminals. We also provide information technology compliance and assurance services including Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance, ISO 27001 compliance, HIPAA compliance, Service Organization Control reporting assurance and other cybersecurity-related services.

We know that the most effective way to defend against cyber-attacks, requires the establishment of a comprehensive information security program that is supported by well-designed internal controls. This includes mechanisms and processes to prevent, detect, and continuously monitor threats. We are proud to have a well-qualified team in place at Freed Maxick to assist clients in this arena.

Join the University of Rochester Ain Center for Entrepreneurship in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week. On Wednesday, November 15th from 4:45 to 5:45 PM in Schlegel Hall, Room 207, the Ain Center will host its Entrepreneurship Lecture Series. The featured speaker is Jeannine Shao Collins, CEO and Co-Founder of Girl Starter, a multimedia empowerment company that features a television series on TLC.

University of Rochester students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the greater Rochester community are invited to learn about Jeannine’s innovative background and foray into entrepreneurship. Jeannine is an alumna of the University of Rochester, graduating with a degree in Economics in 1986.

A “meet-and-greet” reception will follow the talk. This event is free and open to the University community and the general public. Attendees must register online or call (585) 276-3500 to RSVP. Those who register in advance will receive a complimentary River Campus parking pass. Please contact AinCFE@rochester.edu with any questions.